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City of Santa Ana <br />Community Development Block Grant <br />Scope of Work <br />Name of Organization- KidSingers <br />Name of Funded Program- KidSineers <br />Annual Accomplishment Goal <br />I. Total number of unduplicated clients (Santa Ana and Non-Santa Ana Residents) anticipated to be served by <br />the funded program, named above, during the 12-month contract period. <br />131 PERSONS <br />II. Number of only unduplicated Santa Ana residents to be served by the funded program, named above, <br />during the 12-month contract period. <br />124PERSONS <br />Program and Funding Description <br />III. Description of Work - In the space below, describe the program to be funded during the 12-month <br />contract period. <br />KidSingers is an inner-city, after-school youth chorus of 131 kids between the ages of 8-18. Comprised of four choruses which <br />reheazse simultaneously, KidSingers teaches kids how to sing and perform through intensive 2 1/2 hour rehearsals on Tuesday <br />afternoons from 3:30 - 6:OOp at First Presbyterian Church Santa Ana. This is a donated venue. Seven to eight performances are given <br />each season at a variety of venues including Nixon Library, Disneyland, Festival of Children/South Coast Plaza, Plotkin Gallery, St. <br />Annual Spring Concert a[ St. Joseph Auditorium, Angel Stadium to name a few. During the rehearsal sessions, kids learn how to use <br />their voices properly through appropriate singing techique and also leazn dynamic performance techniques which enables the group <br />to thoroughly engage an audience with KidSingers positive messages through song. <br />KidSingers also offers a college scholarship program to all KidSingers in grades 7 - 12. Since the inception of this program four <br />years ago, KidSingers has awazded $24,000 in college scholarships which aze forwarded to the KidSinger college of choice upon <br />their graduation from high school. <br />Additionally, pazent classes meet once a month about a variety of topics including, immigration issues, pazenting skills, scholarship <br />searches, college placement for their kids and sundry other beneScial topics. <br />IV. Activities funded by this grant -How will CDBG funds be used for the funded program? Narratively <br />describe the budget for the funded program illustrated in Exhibit B and B-1. <br />$10,000 of CDBG monies will be used to partially fund the salary for our Program Manager. Our Program Manager is the only full <br />time, from line position in KidSingers' staff. 100% or her time is spent in managing all aspects of the KidSingers' program including <br />reheazsal, performances, Adopt-A-KidSinger sponsorship program, parent and volunteer training ,scholarship program, all data base <br />entry and record keeping. <br />$3,000 of CDBG monies will be used to partially fund KidSingers' Contract Instructors. Instructors are also front line individuals <br />who teach our youth proper singing technique, how to sing in harmony, how to use performance techniques that really engage an <br />audience and music theory. <br />Exhibit A <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />